November 1955 lunar eclipse explained
| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Partial Lunar Eclipse
November 29, 1955 |
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| (No photo) |
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | Series | 115 (54 of 72) |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | Gamma | 0.9551 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | Magnitude | 0.1190 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) |
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| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 74:10 |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 4:13:00 |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts: UTC |
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| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 14:52:59 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 16:22:25 |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 16:59:59 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 17:36:35 |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 19:05:59 | |
A partial
lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 0.11899. A partial lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Full Moon, but they are not precisely aligned. Only part of the Moon's visible surface moves into the dark part of the Earth's shadow. A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon but the three celestial bodies do not form a straight line in space. When that happens, a small part of the Moon's surface is covered by the darkest, central part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra. The rest of the Moon is covered by the outer part of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra. It was the second of two lunar eclipses in 1955, first being the penumbral lunar eclipse on
June 5.
[1] It also occurred near perigee, making such event a
supermoon.
Related lunar eclipses
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.
See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes and References
- http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=115 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 115
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
